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initial from svn dyncall-1745
author Daniel Adler
date Thu, 19 Mar 2015 22:24:28 +0100
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1 This file lists bigger/noteworthy changes, only...
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3 Version 0.9 (upcoming)
4 dyncall:
5 o ARM64 support (AAPCS64 on Linux, Apple's derived version on iOS)
6 o PPC64 support (thanks Masanori!)
7 o introduced dcArgF and dcVArgF for flexible/convenient argument binding (works like dcCallF/dcVCallF but without the function call)
8 o added -fPIC by default for FreeBSD
9 o PPC32 linux syscall support
10 dyncallback:
11 o ARM64 support (AAPCS64 on Linux, Apple's derived version on iOS)
12 o PPC64 support (thanks Masanori!)
13 o PPC32 System V support (Linux)
14 o fix for PPC32 Darwin/OS X
15 o more intuitive specification of callback return type
16 doc:
17 o added ARM64 support info and calling convention documentation
18 o added PPC64 support info
19 o cleanup, brought all up to date, etc.
20 tests:
21 o callf test covers new argf interface
22 buildsys:
23 o more flexible testsuite build and 'pack' target for convenience
24 o fixes/additions for OS X universal builds
25 o added iOS universal build support for armv7/arm64
26 o helper script for generic .elf -> EBOOT.PBP creation for PSP
27 o Sun make fixes for C++ code in test suite
28 bindings:
29 o erldc: Erlang binding (thanks Erik!)
30
31 Version 0.8
32 buildsys:
33 o big simplification make-based build system, no more distinct GNU and BSD makefiles anymore
34 o new, much simpler ./configure for new make-based build-system
35 o support for in-source and out-of-source builds for make-based build systems
36 o made configure.bat guess x64 as target arch for x64 windows hosts
37 o based more sources on portasm generation
38 dyncall:
39 o fix for ARMv7 Thumb-2 code (tested on iPhone 4 CDMA / iOS 6.0.1)
40 o bugfixes for -O2 builds for SPARC-v9 and SPARC-v7
41 o new optimized call kernel for SPARC-v9 without conditionals
42 o bigger refactoring and optimization of mips o32
43 o x64 optimizations
44 dyncallback:
45 o added callback support for plan9
46 o big cleanup, removal of duplicate files after introduction of portasm
47 o include path fixes for public facing APIs (removed relative paths)
48 doc:
49 o cleanup of manual and corrections
50 o added info about newly supported and/or tested platforms (e.g. FreeBSD on ARM)
51 o restructured folder layout for documentation
52 o added API doc for dyncallback and dynload
53 o added manpages for dyncallback and dynload
54 tests:
55 o added arm/thumb interwork test suite
56 bindings:
57 o godc: added bindings for Go
58 o rbdc: fixed and extended ruby bindings
59 o shdc: renamed shell binding to shdc and added feature to list shared-objects' symbols
60
61 Version 0.7
62 architecture:
63 o added subproject: portasm - portable (GNU AS,+Apple and MASM) assembly framework
64 o added subproject: autovar - predefined macro framework (was dyncall_macros.h)
65 o added support for sparc (32-bit) (tested on linux/debian,openbsd,solaris)
66 o added support for sparc (64-bit) (tested on linux/debian,openbsd,solaris)
67 o added support for Solaris and SunPro compiler for i386, x86_64, sparc and sparc64
68 o improved auto-detection via preprocessor defines
69 dyncall updates:
70 o uses portasm (GNU,Apple,Microsoft) common sources for x86,x64,ppc32,arm32_arm
71 o bug fixes for x64/win64 calling convention
72 o added support for mingw32-w64 on x64
73 o improved cdecl x86 calling convention: stack always 16 byte aligned
74 o updated API and initial support for structs (for x86/AMD64)
75 o initial support for syscalls on x86, added x86 int80h linux/bsd
76 o added Minix port (stable)
77 o optimized vector buffer for small type pushing
78 o minor fix for amd64/sysv: alignment to 32-byte
79 o bug fix for ppc32/sysv: ellipsis calls work now
80 o updated API, introduced DC_CALL_C_ELLIPSIS_VARARGS
81 o changed interface: dcMode does not reset internally anymore
82 dyncallback updates:
83 o uses portasm for x86,x64
84 o added Solaris/x86/sunpro port (stable)
85 o added Minix port (unstable)
86 o callback support for Darwin/ppc32
87 o updates source, uses relative includes
88 dynload updates:
89 o fixes for missing includes (dyncall_alloc.h)
90 o fixes for self-resolving symbols on windows
91 o removed Dbghelf.lib dependency
92 o bug fixes for cygwin/x86
93 o fixes for beos/haiku
94 o no dependencies to libdyncall sources.
95 buildsys additions:
96 o added zero-config (BSD,GNU,SUN) make files (Makefile.embedded)
97 o added in/out-of-source configure2 w/ (BSD,GNU) make files (Makefile.generic')
98 o added bootstrap lua script (download/build)
99 o Nmakefile: more tests included (resolve_self)
100 o improved cross-compilation for iOS (upgrade to 4.3 sdk)
101 o darwin 8.0 support
102 o added 'install' support for Makefile.embedded
103 buildsys/gmake updates:
104 o added support for msvc/x64 tool-chain
105 o default settings for build-dir changed to '.'
106 o cleanup: removed top-level Make{Prolog,Epilog,Rules} files and updated all sub-projects and tests
107 o added support for DESTDIR staging installation
108 o added support for manual page installation
109 buildsys/cmake updates:
110 o updated find module scripts (see cmake/Modules)
111 o added support for using dyncall as sub-project (via *Config.cmake files)
112 see details in README.CMake
113 o fixes for msvc and ml
114 o fixes for CPack
115 o fixes for universal builds on Mac OS X
116 o supports SunPro with *.S files.
117 o added experimental 'dynMake' portable make-based build-system (not stable, yet)
118 documentation updates:
119 o added dyncallback documentation
120 o updated dyncall documentation
121 o minor updates
122 tests:
123 o added flexible test suite for calls (call_suite) based on Lua and C
124 o added syscall test
125 o updates to resolve-self test (adding additional link flags to export symbols)
126 o improved dir name portability (renamed plain_c++ -> plain_cxx)
127 o renamed *.cpp -> *.cc files (OpenBSD/Sun make has no implicit rules for cpp)
128
129 Version 0.6
130 building:
131 o new build systems: CMake and Plan9's mk
132 o buildsys/gmake tool chain update: pcc and iphone sdk
133 o x64 bugfix: added "-fPIC" even for static libs
134 dynload updates:
135 o enum symbols update: Mach-O and Win64 (thanks Olivier)
136 o numerous convenience changes to dynload interface (thanks Olivier)
137 o added support for resolving application images itself
138 dyncall updates:
139 o new platform support: arm/iphone (armv6), x86/Plan9
140 o new mips calling conventions: oabi, n64 (both endian models)
141 o cleanup: unexported functions in MASM files, b/c export not needed (thanks Olivier)
142 o interface update: added error reporting facility 'dcGetError'
143 o bugfix for ppc32/sysv: ellipsis calls were broken
144 o interface update: added new abstract mode for ellipsis calls (DC_CALL_C_ELLIPSIS)
145 docs:
146 o comprehensive update
147 tests:
148 o plain: split "plain" test up in C and C++ part
149 o callbacksuite: added multiple configuration support for callback_suite
150
151 Version 0.5
152 o renamed arm9 stuff to arm32
153 o added non-EABI ABI for arm32 (before, EABI was the default implementation)
154 o added dyncallback support for x64/windows (thanks Olivier), x64/darwin, arm32/arm, arm32/thumb
155 o synced documentation again with current state of the source (lots of small changes)
156 o updated ruby binding to current state of signature string (still some features missing, though)
157 o added a couple of new options to configure scripts (e.g. prefix-bd, new targets, etc.)
158 o darwin universal binary support
159 o added new tests callback_plain and calback_suite
160 o added Haiku/BeOS support
161
162 Version 0.4
163 o added 'doc' makefile target for coherency and ease of use
164 o fixed nmake buildfiles and configure.bat (were out of date and wrong)
165 o test suite clean up (GNUmake, BSDmake):
166 target "config" modified, phony without dependencies to other builds
167 o bugfix: GNU fastcall calling convention for float and double arguments
168 was wrong. no skip of register.
169 o update: x86win32* suite tests are built on cygwin now, added total result output
170 o signature types change:
171 C Strings: 'S' -> 'Z'
172 long: 'l' -> 'j'
173 long long: 'L' -> 'l'
174 added unsigned integer type signature characters: upper case encoding
175 o added: callbacks component (support only for some platforms ATM)
176 o added: test cases for alloc_wx, thunk
177 o updated Documentation
178
179 Version 0.3
180 o added Linux PPC32 support
181 o added ARM THUMB mode support
182 o cosmetic changes, documentation updated
183 o bugfix: on cygwin exported C symbols in GNU as are prefixed with '_' now.
184 o removed scons build support
185
186 Version 0.2
187 o added scons build support
188 o configure variables all prefix CONFIG_* now
189 o configure variable INSTALL_DIR changed to INSTALL_PREFIX
190 o configure (shell version) option "--prefix" changed to "--prefix=<path>"
191
192 Version 0.1:
193 o initial release
194